Even so-called utopian rage preserves dignity for an oppressed people

Evidence

Let us concede—but never accept—that Annihilation of Caste is indeed a piece of utopian thinking. If it is, then let us concede and accept how reduced, how depleted and how pitiable we would be as a people if even this—this rage, this audacious denunciation—did not exist in our midst. Ambedkar’s anger gives us all a little shelter, a little dignity. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 117

Categorization

• APHORISMS: A defiant stance: anger and denunciation, even purely utopian ones, can be worth more than their absence.
• XREF: connects to: Pity toward the oppressed can destroy human dignity more certainly than misery itself does; Religious utopianism supplies equality and freedom demands to oppressed strata — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1440; Oppressed people maintained a continuous, dignified resistance throughout history (+5 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Pity toward the oppressed can destroy human dignity more certainly than misery itself does; Religious utopianism supplies equality and freedom demands to oppressed strata — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1440; Oppressed people maintained a continuous, dignified resistance throughout history (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Pity toward the oppressed can destroy human dignity more certainly than misery itself does #complicates (0.82)